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A lot of efforts were made in the last two decades to lower the tire/road noise. The tire industry has optimized the tread pattern as the main influence parameter so that nowadays the radiated sound pressure of a modern tire in the far field is very close to that of a blank tire with the same construction. Because the tread pattern is needed to achieve the required safety level further noise reduction has to be addressed mainly by tire construction. For many years tire manufacturers have been searching for a construction, which fulfils the targets of the automotive industry and generates less noise. The research was done not only in house but also with public projects. In the EC Project SILENCE a subproject has provided design solutions and hardware solutions for noise reduction, with respect to vehicle/tyre/road integration, under typical urban and suburban traffic conditions. This improvement is based on an increased understanding of noise generation and radiation mechanisms gained by the further development of experimental and simulation techniques. A series of low noise tyres (prototypes) has been developed and tested on a selection of appropriate low noise road surfaces.